By Carol Tannenhauser
Police removed the dead body of a man from Swan Lake, located in the southeastern corner of Central Park near 59th Street and Central Park South, after responding to a 911 call at 12:27 pm on Monday, an NYPD spokesperson told WSR. No name, age or cause of death was given. Further information is pending.
The waterbody in the southeast corner of Central Park – near the Plaza Hotel – is called “The Pond”…NOT “Swan Lake.”
Its called Swan Lake because back in the day, Swans and ducks use to frequent this small body of water. Over the years, as less and less swans frequented the lake, it lost its name. Most tourists go by what they read on google maps or other maps that are not familiar with Central Park and its history.
Thanks SNY, this is the first time I ever heard it referred to as Swan Lake too – maybe this is part of an evil scheme to gentrify Central Park to increase home values on Fifth Avenue and Central Park South like where the real estate brokers rename entire neighborhoods to make them seem more upscale. 🙂
You must not understand the meaning of gentrify if you apply it to the neighborhood surrounding 5th Ave & Central Park South.
Poor man! See first two replies!
It was on the New York Post…. it was a homeless man.
That poor man. Whether in Swan Lake or the Pond or whatever it’s called, a man lost his life and that’s more important than what the water is called.
It IS WAY MORE important… but naming things correctly is important too, if it’s journalism for public consumption… just sayin’.
I’d like to know more about the poor unfortunate this piece is about, when it becomes known.
Here is PiL’s song Swan Lake, also called “Death Disco”, so titles can fluctuate, even among members of a punk rock band ;>)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GwrRGxYmY8
any new developments of man found in swan lake,nyc?
How does a dead body suddenly appear in this small body of water at 12:30 in the afternoon? From the sidewalk on 59th Street you can see the entire pond. Bodies are starting to turn up in the darndest places here in Fun City.